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THE LONDON JOURNALS. WitLY RXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, MAY 12, 1826. [THE TimEs.] We recommend very earnest attention to the debate ' iu the Lords last night. We have {not room for detail ; but we must mention that Lord Liverpool' declared that Government had, so late as Yebruary last, refused to admit into our negociations with Prussia respecting a commercial treaty, any stipulations on the subject of our Corn Laws, considering that as purely a domestic question. It will be seen that the very important pro ceedings which took place fully confirmed the notice which we gave in Saturday's and Monday's Journals respecting the opposition which was to be expected, the force and component members of that new oppo sition, the latter of whom, in fact, we named ; some very slight deviation only from our statement occur ring, and that for causes which will be mentioned below. The Dukes of Newcastle and Northumber- land voted in the minority against Ministers ; so did Lord Salisbury ; Lord Hertford was present, but went away without voting at all. Lord Lauderdale, who had the Duke of Itutland's proxy, to be used against Ministers, was seized with a sudden fit of ill ness, and both his own vote and that of his proxy were thus lost to the landed interest. Lord titzwllliam, with that manliness and straightforwardness which dis tinguish all his actions, and which those who refer to the debates in the House of Commons will see nobly emulated by his son, supported the intended plan for the relief of the starving poor ; feeling, what ever may be the conduct and whatever the motives of Ministers, that it becomes the landed interest in a great crisis to keep in a small degree that promise of supporting the Government with their fortunes which was so lavishly made when it was probably never ex pected to be exacted. Altogether the discussion was most interesting : the House was fuller than we believe it has been since the proceedings against the Queen ; and the division was as follows : For 'Ministers present 96 proxies 70 -166 For Lord Malmesbury's Alotiou present 49 proxies 18 -67 Majority for Ministers - - 99 This is considered what it indeed is—an immense •triumph of a lack-land administration over the landed interest. We rejoice at it for the sake of the people ; but it is our duty to add, that the efforts which have been made on this occasion to give Ministers the superiority are more than sttrpris mg—they are even disgusting. Who would be a Minister, we say, on such terms ? The chief of the firm is known to have written a circular to all those (if we may persevere in using metaphorical language) *rho kept cash at the house, declaring that he would re sign, unless the measure in agitation were carried ; • that he thought it essential for the good of the concern and of the country ; and that lie could not remain in his situation, if his views were thwarted. His threats, though much regarded, might have been ineffectual; but the great Sleeping Partner—what was to become of him, if the firm were dissolved ? He has no regard for any of those associates in the establish ' went, and two of them he most particularly hates";, but be is in no condition to form a new company. compassion for his case, therefore, induced his rela • • tivea to absent themselves,..from the discussion and di vision last night, though it is notorious that the next in seniority and succession to himself was present on the former occasion (last Tuesday evening) when the question was expected to he discussed, for no other purpose than to vote against the operations of the acting managers. But why do we say compas sion : the great sleeping partner board of the in tended opposition to the partnership concern, and • iwlignation swelled his noble bosom. " Why, my brother is not at the head of the concern yet, • what right has he to interfere ?" Fear, therefore, probably mingled with compassion in producing the absence of last night. We have spoken above of the hatred which exists against two particular members in the administration of the concern. Hatred without, • arid treachery within, their situ a tio n i s no t e li g ibl e the affair of the extravagant salary to one of them failed through treachery. We understand the two bated gentlemen are called " The Two Consuls," by •the personage of whose dislike they are the objects. "I am consulted about nothing—l am no longer what I ought to be." It would be curious at some future • • era of our history, if posterity were to discover a stone with this inscription COSS : 9NORDIO CANINGIO ET GIJIZLMO HUSKINSONtO AIEMCATLIP.A. I.III2IIALIS FKUIiTRA OBNITENTy Rlrax NATIONZS Fllitl INCIPIRDAT. [MORNING CIIRONICI.L] The motion of Lord Malmesbury last night in the liouse.of Lords, was looked forwar4 to with very great ?interest ; for it anticipated the question yet before the • House •of• Commons respecting the Bonded Corn, and the restricted power of impantation during the recess. No small doubt was entertained respecting the ulti mate success of the measure in the House of Lords, and therefore the anxiety as to the issue of this motion was far from unnatural. We confess we were of the number of those who thought the House of Lords would reject the measure. Our readers will, however, see, from our report, that the motion. was lost by 166 to 67, leaviiig a majority of 99.--s Various rumours were afloat yesterday connected with • this question. It was stated in very respectable quarters,. that 11.4ordLiverpool had threatened to give in his re signation i ns t an t er , if f o il e d i n t hi s me a sure ; an d t h at Noble Lords had, therefore, to make up their minds either to support Ministers "or to vote their removal from office. It was even rumoured on 'Change, that the illiberal part of the Ministry had made overtures to the Whigs, and that it was in contemplation to form a new Ministry, composed of High Tones and Whigs, as if the latter, who have supported Ministers in all their liberal measures, could possibly unite with that • part of the Administrction secretly opposed to these measures. Whatever may be thought of these ru-' moms, it is pretty clear that Ministers Made more than • usual preparations for the combat_ of last night ; for •- the Bishops were nearly all brought i nto the field by them. The arra y o f holy men was really m os t for midable, and we have ng oubt that an analysis of the votes would shew that •their services were, well directed. The part of the measure which was most objected to, seems to us to be the least objectionable. Should corn r i se t o a price which could not he exacted with, 'fit endangering the peace . of the country (and we all know that the opin 1011 very general with well od men , th a t there a anger of a deficient apply), it seethe proper that Ministers should be. entrusted with a discretionary power to permit importation. But with respect to the throwing bonded corn into the market at this time, when corn is not a famine price, after declaring that they had no intention of releasing it this year, it seems to us to be neither more nor less than imposing a tax exclusively on the holders of corn, which ought to be borne by the whole country. It is not enough to say with a contemporary, that " the corn trade is subject to regulations, the very essence of which is uncertainty, and the notice of probable changes has been time after time given." It was distinctly stated that no change would be made this Session, and it does not follow that speculators, in addition to the uncertainty to which the regulations of the trade subjects them, should be saddled with an un certainty not imposed on them by the Jaw. The price of Corn has been materially lowered by the announcement respecting the Bonded Corn, and we see no more reason why, because a trader in corn is subjected by law to regulations, the essence of which is uncertainty, he ought to be subjected to a loss not arising out of these regulations, than that Ministers, on the same pretext of the uncertainty of the 'trade, should order every holder of grain to deliver a certain portion of his stock to the Committee for the Relief of the Distressed Manufacturers. As the preservation of tranquillity is superior to every other consideration, we would willingly, for the sake of it, allow Ministers a discretionary power to import ; but the interference with the property of the holders of corn, to which we object, cannot be justified by any necessity. • FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Tuesday, May 9. j PARIS, MAY B.—Sir F. Adam, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, landed on the 18th ult. at Ancona, and im mediately set out for London. Letters from Corfu, or April 9, received by the packet-boat which brought Sir F. Adam and his Lady to Ancona, make no mention of the battle said to have taken place before Ilissolonghi, nor thelaking of Vaasiladi and Anatolico. Letters frol Zante, of the sth, are equally silent with respect to any later event. One of then► says that Missolonghi had pro visions only for twelve days; which Ibrahim knowing, he bad en trenched himself, and reiolved not to expose the life of another soldier. Nothing was known at Corfu and Zaute of the arrival of Fabvier and Gouras. A letter from Corfu of the Bth, in the Diario di Roma, says, that since the loss of Vassiladi, the Greeks in Missolonghi have found means to communicate, by way of Pitala, with the Phihellenes, who supply them with provisions. Six thousand men were expected there, sent by the Government at Napoli ; they are said to have reached Salons, and that Ibrahim had de tached several regiments against them. A steam-boat, for the use of the Greeks, had arrived ut Napoli from London. Colonel Gordon had been at Corfu on his•way to Napoli; he was the bearer of money for the Greeks. The same explains, as follows, the burning of Ibrahim'e camp : " The Arabs desiring to get rid of a swarm of speculators who crowded their vamp, set fire to the barracks which the latter had built. The Greeks in Missolonglii, thinking that a revolt had broken out, made a sally, killed 9000 Arabs, and re turned with some prisoners, among whom was an officer. PRIMA( Fuxns..-&-Pmtrs, MAY B.—Five per Cents. 96f. Ssc. ;—Three per Cents., GU 20c.—Bank Stock, 2,005. Rentes de Naples, 7M. 50c.—Rentes' d'Espagne, 7f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 44.—Ilaytian Loan, 750f.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 60a. ; three months, 25f. 40c.— Coins iluthen tips. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL—E. Peel, formerly a bookseller in Fleet street, was charged with embezzling 10s. The prisoner was first examined on Saturday, when it was stated he had disposed of his business to hbrlandlord, Mr. Parlour, and had aold a set of Dyer's History of Cambridge kir 255. to the Rev. Mr. Bennett, of Isling ton, while he accounted only for lbs. pretending Mr. Bennett had returned it, and he had kept it himself. The Clergyman was not in attendance, and the ease therefore was adjourned till yesterday, Mr. Deputy Pullen becoming responsible for the appearance of the prisoner. Yesterday Mr. Alley and a Solicitor appeared to prosecute, but the prisoner did nut show himself till they were tired of waiting, and had -proceeded before the Grand Jury to present their bill. Mr. Deputy Pullen surrendered his prisoner, and he was carried away to the Old Bailey in custody. BOW-STREET.—Edward a working goldsmith, re siding in Cold Bath-square, who has hitherto maintained a very good character, was placed at the bar, with done on the following charge:— Mr. Freeman deposed, that on Saturday night he accompanied the female prisoner to a house in Wellington-street, Drury-lane, when' she expressed a wish for some porter, and he had recourse to an inner pocket, in which he' had cash and notes to the amount of 101. and advanced the necessary silver. His companion almost im mediately quitted the house abruptly, which exciting the suspicions of the landlady, she inquired if he had hat any thing, and on ex amining the pocket alluded to, he found the whole of its contents had been abstracted. Application was made at this Office on Monday, and on Tuesday, Herring the officer apprehended Chapel in Hill's house, whither she had previously conveyed u quhntity of furniture, apparently newly purchased ; some demur was made by Hill to the officers searching his house, but when the goods were found, be stated that a son of his, who has fur some time followed wild courses, had introduced the female prisoner to him on Monday evening as his intended wife ; that he understood she was entitled to some property, and that the goods which had been sent by her to his house were part of the provision made for house keeping. In examining a bureau, a al. bank note was found, which the prosecutor swore to being his property. On the part of Hill, Mr. Harmer contended that there was nothing to show a guilty knowledge. The Magistrate, however, said, that he had strong doubts on the subject, and ordered both the prisoners to be remanded till this day. It having been represented to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, that David Eadington, his Grace's tenant at the Pasture Mill, is unhappily addicted to sleep walking, and has frequently, during his nocturnal rambles, been traced to the mill, and more than once been rescued from a watery grave, his Grace, with his usual benevolence, tt prevent such au unhappy catastrophe of his tenant's noctansbulations, has erected a large wooden paling extending from the' Mill to the bridge, which excludes all approach to the water aide either by pedes trians or equestrians, so that the miller may now enjoy his mid night rambles without danger.-- Tyne Mercury. ROBBERY OF' A GAMING HOUSE.--Last week an ingenious robbery was effected at a low gaming -house, No. King-street, St. James's. At about eleven o'clock in the fore noon, when it was known that the porters would be away, two respectably-dressed persons, with surveying -rods, Ike., knocked at the door, and stated; that as the house appeared in bad repair, it WWI their duty, as public surveyors, to ex amine its state. The woman, who had charge of the house, believing the story, showed them over it. In the adjoining room to the room of play, on the first floor, is a large iron safe, into which a tin box, containing the money of the bank, was always deposited for safety after play was over. When the " surveyors" came to this room, one kept the woman engaged talk ing, while the other took very accurate dimensions of the lock of the safe. That done they went away, speaking with professional importance of " party' wall," " dry rot," 66 must be condemn e d," Ste. On the following day, at the same hour, they came again, saying, in the manner of _Paul Pry, I hope we don't in trude—forgot to examine the beams of the first floor ;" for which pretended purpose they were admitted up stairs. They had not been long there before the door-bell rang. The woman left the "surveyors" to answer it, and was detained in the passage in conversation by a respectable-looking man, who made inquiriei about the' sewer, gas-pipes, &e. The " surveyors" availed themselves of the opportunity to break open the iron safe and get possession of the treasure in the tin-box, with which they got clear off. There was about 400/. in the box, iu bank notes and sovereigns, a few checks which persons bad lost at play, and some I. O. IL's for different awns. The checks and 1. 0. not being worth a penny, Were returned in the tin-box, locked, a few days after, Messrs. Bishop and Cracraft, two of the part ners of the concern, have been unceasing in their efforts to find nut the thieves, but without success. A five-pound note, part of the Money only, has been traced to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and 'Smith's; but there all further clue is lost. It is strongly sur mised that one of their own party, which consisted of eight, was at the bottom of the:robbery. The " Hell" has been closed ever since : so far good hew sprung out of evil. DISTRESSED MANUFACTURERS. At a period when the eyes of the whole kingdom re fixed upon the distresses of the manufacturing poor, and the means which are fortunately adopted in every part of the country for its alleviation, every thing that can tend to prevent a recurrence of the evil is in teresting. All attempts to describe the malady tend to perplex rather than relieve the mind ; and the cause is lost in the contemplation of the effects which un fortunately exhibit themselves in misery of a thousand forms. Amongst the pamphlets on this subject which have issued from the press, we have met with one whose bre vity encouraged us to open it, and we found ourselves obliged to give it a hasty perusal. There is much point in its remarks ; and however destitute it may be of those high qualities which recommend the writings of popular men to our notice, it has the merit of ex hibiting, in their proper colours, some of the most mischievous of the existing plans, both for the manage ment of workmen, and the regulation of their wages. The pamphlet to which we allude is entitled « An Address to the Manufacturers of the United Kingdom, &e. By WILLIAM HALE." We quote two passages as a specimen of the general style of the work : " Numerous factories have been erected, and crowded with children, without any attention being paid to their moral im provement. Great numbers of the lower classes have been raked tog e ther from distant parts —a profligate population has been un duly increased—and upon every sudden check of trade, recourse was had to the unjust and impolitic measure of reducing the price of labour ; this forced the weavers to work more hours every day, which increased the evil, by the daily accumulation of manufac tured goods. The system of further reducing the price of labour still went on, until the poor weavers were obliged to work hard sixteen hours every day to earn SEVEN shillings per week ! Their being obliged to work so many hours, merely to earn a part of their bread, turned out much more work every week than could possibly be disposed of; and thus their unparalleled exertions recurred upon themselves in a proportionate ratio of accumu lated distress. The cold theory of ' half a loaf is better than none,' of com pelling the labourer to reduce the price of his work, has become a Powerful menu for effecting universal and lasting distress. At periods in which the warehouses were greatly overstocked, the only moral remedy would have been, to have kept up the price of labour, and to have reduced, for a time, the quantity of work to be done. Instead of obliging the poor to work for half, 'or less than half, of their accustomed wages, instead of making them toil from fifteen to eighteen hours out of every twenty-four, to procure bread for their families ; and thus increase by a ruining addition the stocks of goods every week, which must ine vitably terminate in a great, universal, and lasting depression the true policy would have been to have put the journeymen upon half work, and not to have diminished the price of weaving._ Thus the poor would have obtained as much money for six hours labour per day, Its they earned in sixteen holm under the system which has been so fatally pursued. By the plan here recom mended, the journeymen, I am persuaded, would have felt as thankful to their masters as though they had been in full work ; many of them would have employed their leisure time in various methods of honest ingenuity, or economical arts, which would have exercised their minds, have kept them free from temptation, and have made a little but valuable addition to their weekly in come. By pursuing this system the poor would soon have been restored to their full employment; the demand for manufactured goods would very soon have been upon the increase; the proper diminution of stock would necessarily and immediately have fol lowed, as there would not have been any unnatural accumulation to be got off." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR--I consider it but justice due to you, for the very correct report of the proceedings before the Privy Council on Saturday, partly given in your Paper of the same day, and continued in that of Monday, to offer you my tribute of praise for your laudable en deavours to inform the public of facts a 9 they really are ; and to express my surprise that the " Court Cir cular" should be so misinformed respecting these mat ters, as to give an account, which was, with the ex ception of the names of the Lords present, wholly in correct. This erroneous statement was copied into most of the Morning Papers, but if the high Gentle ; men who preside over these great engines could brook a word of advice, they would do well to admit some genuine light now and then from " THE SuN,r in stead of being led in the dark by the " Court Cir cular."--I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, AN ADMIRF.It OF REWARDING MERIT Tuesday, May 9. WHERE MERIT IS DUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—lt is well known that the money so gene rously subscribed in England for the relief of the starving Irish was very injudiciously expended; but, having perhaps profited by past experience, it is to be hoped that, in relieving the distressed manufacturers, our money will now be applied to purposei from which the country may derive some permanent benefit. You have said that " the duties on the bonded corn would amount to 200,0001., and recommended the application of that sum by Government wholly to the relief of the manufacturing districts." Suppose, then, that one hundred thousand pounds were to be expended in the purchase of. tracts of waste land in the near neighbourhood of Blackburn and Man chester, the subscriptions being added to the remaining 100,0001. would form a large fund for the purchasing of cheap implements of agriculture, and for the giving of daily wages to the manufacturers who might be set to work upon the wastes, th e y m i g ht b e supp li e d with tents from the Government stores till huts for their temporary residence c ou ld b e b u ilt f or th em . I t is quite clear, that without any other, Jabour being ap plied to the lands than enclosing them, they would become much more valuable; and if the purchases had . been judiciously made, great profits might be obtained by selling farm after farm, (suppose of about one hundred or one hundred and fifty acres each) as soon as the bounds and the division fences were completed ; in this way the funds would increase. But, if it were thought advisable- to raise crops immediately, for the subsistence of the manufac turers, or for sale, by paring and burning the soil be, fore the end of May, some crops might be raised at that late season. Though the plan I have recommended may not be the most effectual of all others permanently to relieve the existing distress, I am nevertheless quite convinced that it will be found to be sounder policy to settle, at the expence of th e na tion, the unemployed manufacturers, or the unem ployed agricultural labourers, upon the waste lands of England and Ireland, than, with their own consent, to ship them to Canada or Nova Scotia, or to any other distant country. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, A PROPRIETOR OF LAND, In the South of Ireland. May 8, 1828. A few days since, a couple presented themselves to be married, at a church in the eastern part of the town, but not having bet ween t h em w h erew ith a l to p a y the fires, the eenemouy was refuted ; whereupon they left the church, but soon afterwards returned, having, it appeared, begged SUfficiOut to pay the clergy man, and to provide a wedding-dinner to hoot. On Monday evening the body of the only son of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. who was unfortunately drowned whilst bathing near Harrow school, reached Truro, in a hearse drawn by s ix honisa• on its way to the family burial place, at. Mylor Church. FOREIGN CORN. Mr. JACOB'S REPORT on the TRADE in CORN, and on the AGRICULTURE of the NORTH of EUROPE. [Continued from our paper of Yesterday.] The consumption here appears so much less than in Volhynia, that it can only be accounted for by the fact, that the culture of the culinary vegetables, and the produce of the fruit-trees, is far more abundant; and that the cattle are very much cheaper. The difference of more than two degrees of latitude may make some difference in the mode of living, as the warmer the climate, the less corn in general is consumed in brewing and distilling. The only other province in Ruamia which conveys its corn to market by the Vistula, is 13yalystock. It was formerly a part of Poland, and the inhabitants still generally speak the language of that country. The chief corn raised for bread is rye, but a small portion of that grain, as well as of some very indifferent wheat, finds a passage by the river Bug into the Vistula. The best of the land is appropriated to the growth of flax, hemp, and linseed, or to breeding of cattle. The whole surplus of wheat, which must be small, cannot he distinguished in the returns, from that stated generally to come from Russia. There are two other of the Russian provinces whose surplus corn finds a vent through the territory of Prussia. The south west part of Wilna, formerly Lithuania, has the navigable river Niemen for its boundary, by which the corn is conveyed to Memel. Its produce is but small in proportion to its population, and, by the official accounts, the increase appears to be less than in the other provinces. In 1802, the sowing and reaping is thus stated : Quarters. Sowed—Winter Corn - - - 630,245 Ditto _.Summer ditto - . - - 315,795 846,043 Harvested—Winter Corn - - 2,099,324 Ditto—Summer ditto - - - 1,220,466 3,319,790 By this statement, it appears that the increase of grain is some what less than four for one. The province of Grodno, which also has access to the sea by the Niemen, appears to be so early equal in fertility to that of `Vilna, that a return of the sowing and harvesting of the same year give results differing only by a small fraction. The terms of distinction, winter corn and summer corn, in stead of autumn and spring corn, which we use, are descriptive of the climate. The violent heats and severe colds succeed each other with so much rapidity, that they scarcely leave any interval for spring or autumn. The only accounts I was able to procure of the quantities of corn brought by the Niemen, comprehends merely the three years 1816, 1817, and 1818. No others were to be found in the office of the minister for internal affairs at Berlin, and I did not go to Schmalleninken, where the transit duty is collected. The year 1816 was one of moderate production and demand, till after the state of the harvest was known, when it was too late in the season for the navigation of these northern rivers. The trade of that year may therefore be considered a fair average, and likely to produce annually 10,000 quarters of wheat, and about 40,000 quarters of other corn, chiefly rye. The two following years, when the exportation was excessive, produced 38,700 quarters of wheat, and 276,000 quarters of other grain. From some parts of the two provinces of \Vilna and Groan°, the communication by the Duna to Riga is easier than by the Niemen to Memel ; and it is hence probable, that the largest share of their produce in corn finds a market in that direction. It is shown by the returns from Riga, (see Appendix, No. 8.) that in the last 12 years, the exportation of wheat from that port . . _ has only been 256,658 quarters, or on the average of the period, 21,381 quarters annually; that of rye has been 1,618,000, or on an average, 134,822 per year ; and that of both kinds of grain the exportation in the two years 1817 and 1818 exceeded that of the other ten years. Although the route by which I returned from Poland was through countries which have no direct influence on the corn trade of England, yet as re►netely connected with countries that do affect it, it may not be improper to add a few of the ob servations and facts which presented themselves as 1 passed through them. The Austrian province of Moravia is very fertile, and with the exception of some districts of the Netherlands, scarcely any part of the continent isso well cultivated. • It bears, too, a larger pro portion of wheat than other districts in the East of Europe. Of the winter corn, wheat is estimated at one-fourth, and rye at three-fourths; whereas in the adjoining province of Silesia, the land sown with rye is nearly ten times that sown with wheat. Moravia is defended by the Carpathian mountains from the east winds ; and the harvest, the whole way from Team to Olmutz, and indeed to Braun, is nearly six weeks earlier than in Silesia. I certainly heard complaints of the distressed state of agricul ture there, but less of it, and I think with less reason, than in any other part. Wheat, at Ohnutz, was selling at 20a. per quarter, whilst on one side at Cracow, it was selling fur 145., and on the other side, at Vienna, for 14s. Id. This better sktte of things arose from the circumstance of Mo ravian agricafture finding domestic consumers. It is the chief manufacturing province of the Austrian empire. A greater pro portion of the population, can afford to live on meat and to use wheaten flour; and hence the agriculturists find a nstrket near home for their productions. The demand for animal feod, too, being greater, a greater stock of cattle is kept, more of the land is destined to clover and other greencrops ; and I should judge from their flourishing appearance, that, like England, the growth of corn does not exhaust the land so. much, as the stock of cattle, by their manure, renews the prolific qualities. The woollen, linen, and cotton manufactures are numerous, and I was told flourishing; and al all manufactured goods froni foreign corm tries are either excluded' or charged with high duties in Austria, the demand of that extensive empire creates a vent for the. native goods, though at the expence of the consumers, who perhaps in most, certainly in many cases, might get betteratul cheaper goods. After passing through poorer districts, I was much impressed throughout Moravia, with the striking practical exemplification of the beneficial effects of manufactures on the prosperity of the agri culturists. In Vienna I had opportunities of: hearing.miach of the lauded proprietors in Hungary. The wantiof vent for their surpluscorn has depressed the prices of that and other productions of the soil, that they are said to be losing by every article they raise, except ing wool; though, from farming their own lands, they have no rent to pay, yet the greatest difficulty is encountered in collecting the trifling taxes that are levied upon them. Although so near to Moravia, the Carpathian mountains are too lofty awl rugged to admit of conveyance thither. The mouths of the Danube 'are so infested with marauders, Wuhellions, Iles sarabians, and Turks, that no safe export can be made to the Black Sea.. In times of great scarcity in the maritime coun tries, somtewheat may he conveyed to the port of Trieste; but it will be seen by the prices in the Appendix, No. 31, that it is too low at that market to afford a land carriage of 400 miles. Though Presburg is the chief market for the wheat of Hungary, yet, being but little more than 20 miles from Vienna, the price there cannot differ very much from that of the capital, for which see Appendix, No. 27. In some of the smaller towns in Austria, on the borders of Bavaria, where little wheat is consumed, I found the price of wheat and rye nearly the same. The harvest of the latter kind of grain was reported to be deficient, and had raised the price, whilst for the former there was little or no demand'. It will be seen by the returns of the prices of corn at Munich (see Appendix, Nos 28), that the bread corn in Bavaria is not so much depressed as in Austria. This may be attributed to a law prohibiting the introduction of corn from the surrounding coun tries, from whence, chiefly from Bohemia. it bad been the prac tice to import it. This prohibition had rested on an order from the King to the officers of the Customs at the different frontier stations; but at the last assembly of the States a formal law was passed, enforcing the fernier regulation, and enacting penalties on the breaches of it. Notwithstanding the restriction!, I found on inquiry at the Board of Agriculture that the value of land had greatly declined. last eight years, the fall in.selling price m eadow land had According to the S tate . uwi ti a le i g.en tomeoftlere, within the been about 35 per cent., end that in the price of arable laud full 60 per cent. The complaints of the losses by farming were as heavy here as in the neighbouring countries where the prices are lower, and in which no laws to prohibit importation are in existence. In the kin o g rn dom rit l em Vu o r l t l e g m o b e e o r r g ir , y w w h h ea ie t h is ie so e l o it o t e l t e lm a ed n , ob a jec at t of l wasattentnonaL from to obtain any other returns of the price!, ' than t he N ot w 2 h % eat, for many periods, and wherein, though the price auimtispiverefeiriltrleimgstualriankrelttsyh,estiasAtep:P.::lhdlyaizt'unnoticed. In the beautiful but narrow valley of the Neckar, the land is well cultivated ; but iu the other parts of the kingdoin, the soil seemed to be poor,,aud the cultivation in a very backw ar d state . 4To iONTINARD. ) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, MAY 11. The betting this afternoon was confined to the three first vourites, and a few of the out-siders for the Derby, and match for 1000 says., to be decided at York on .111ondaynl between Dauntless and Cleveland, the latter receiving It turns out that Dauntless is a roarer, and as it is noted that " the ould horse" is a confirmed one, a curious race II be expected. We have heard it rumoured that 80-peep will not start the Oaks, but for the truth of the report we cannot you We are inclined, however, to doubt it; as, iluring_Cke races, the Vest Country sportsmen took 9 to 1 agst her. YORK MATCH. 0 to 4 on Dauntless agst Cleveland, not p p—taken. 140 to 100 on Dauntless. p p—taken. 4 to 1 agst Cleveland and . Problem (Oaks)—taken. D E It .15Y. to 2 agst Panic 55 to 1 agst Moslem (taken) 7 to 1 agst The General 11 to 1 agst Dervise 12 to 1 agst Rush 13 to 1 suzs ;Monarch 1-1 to 1 agst Shakspeare la to I agst Advante 23 to I apt Truth 35 to I agst 'Tatty 40 to I agst Centaur 50 to I agst Pluto 50 to 1 agst Ape llea NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, lle, WLDNE3DAY, MAY 10. The sport to.day was confined to three Races; but au were their great excellence, that few regretted they wore 11 numerous. The Heath was attended by his Royal Highness the Duke York, who, we are happy to add, appeared to be in the best health and spirits, and in the evening he honoured Mr. Dour las with his company to dinner, at his apartments in the li n t Palace, where Mr. D. also e nt er t a i ne d Si r John Shelley, lonel and Mr. SVortley. The Jockey Club dinner was attended by Lord Jerseys t° l Anson, Duke of Grafton, Colonel Aubrey, Messrs. Scott, 1 ,404 (lard, Rainsbottom, Gisborne, Payne, Neewton, Hunter, sn other Members. Alter dinner, his Royal Highness, awl panied by Mr. Douglas and his party, visited the rooms, sowl the Duke of Richmond, Lords Titehrield, Bentinck, &C. THURSDAY. Lord Verulam's b. e. Heins! beat the Duke of Grafter by Woful, Bst. 71b. each. First half of A b. 51. 50 soni.-r 0 4 agst the winner. Sweepstakes of 25 sons. each, for two-yr..old colts, Bst. 0.0 1 fillies, Bst. 21b. First half of A b. 31. Mr. Rogers's Nonsuit . 1 - - Mr. H. Scott's b. f. by Orville . . 2 ' General Gresvenor's b. e. sparkler w 3 One j.aitl.-2 to I agst the winner—ll to 6on Orville f: Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.11 1 . 31 ' Lord f larendon's b. e. brother to skiff - I 111 r. Udny's b. h. Dumps - - Mr. C. Planner's b. l. by Smolensko - S Six others started. —8 to 1 agst Ilr. to Skiff-5 to I apt 0 7 . , Lord Anson's Ina, Bst. 101 b. beat Duke of Graftoolliw Bst. T.V.C. 58 sous.-6 to I agst the winner. The Duke of Grafton's Rufus walked over B.C. for tbe. w e ' Club Plate of SO soya. „,..,, Duke of Grafton's Lil:as, 9st. rec. ft. from Mr. (ROW' Monops, Est. First half of Ab.M. SO soya. rHE ARMY. Six Companies of 17th Infantry have marched, in Pr inslg*. previous order's, from Edinburgh to Paigley. Foote Detachment belonging to the 68th Regiment d barked en the 9th instant, on board the Parmelia Devonport, for Quebec. Detachments belonging to the sth, 23d, 37th, and 706-80 ll ments of Infantry, marched yesterday morning, from WeStluintli for Portsmouth. Detachments belonging to the 4th, 35th, and 81st ...iv- - Foot, marched yesterday, from Westminster for Winchester' , MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. --- LONDON DIARY, TUESDAY, DIY 16. At the Coart of Commissioners. W. J. Robson, .Oxford -street, at 12. J. Walsh, Norwich, Nor1(111;, at 11. G. T. Watt, Old -street, St. Luke's, at 11. J. Culyer, Islkuglon-green, Aliddlesex, at 11. H. and 41 Vas, Blandford-Forum, ;)onset , at 1. J. Hi ' Newmarket, Suffolk, at 1 . W. S . rsi s id-str a t 12. A. ro a d- s treet, e, Ilanoyer-street, Middlesex, at 1. J. Sisson, Lombard-street, at 10. S. Sotheby, wellicl g ton-street , S trand, at la. J. Thomas stud S. T. Gilberts , Exeter, at 1/. C. Lewi s , Ch ar l o t te -street, Fitzroy-square, at 10. R. Beane, aern eta tAme, Strand, at 10. W. Paso, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, at 12. J. Abbott, Conduit-street, Ilanover-square, at 10. F. Robin, Regent-street, Piccadilly, at 11'. W. Ward, Grenada- ace, la ee, old Kent-road, AlO. R. Ramsdell, South en d, p Esser, at 11. T. B. W. Dwlfry, Ring-street, Westminster, at 2. S. Crossland and B. W ort h, Engine-bridge, York• at I" COUNTRY DIARY, TUESDAY MAY It ' . New llat ' G. Hoy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at the GC o rgt but at 11. At r ), MO S. Whitford; St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, e .Lion Inn, Bristol, at I. eest- C. Potter, Scarborough, York, at Mr. Thorntea's Once, •-• borough, at I I. u. r elialt T. and J. Jellyman, Downton , Wi lts, at the White 1.-- Salisbury, at 12. ~, 01 , J. Copeland, Shelton, Sta ff ord , at t h e George Inn , Liver) S'io J. Morgan; jun., and J. Aitchison, jun. , Bristo l, at the Inn, Bristol, at 2. I ' J. Cox and B. Wills,. Nottingham, at the Lion Hotel, l'ottio, ham, at 1 I .. It. Cund, Minton, Salty, at the For Inn, Shrewsbury! _ . ,,, i 1t li jor L. Thompson, Binnir4haun, at Mr. Hawkin's o ffi ce, Billum' at 10. t 9 ' 1 W. Cooper, Liverpool, at White's Hotel, illanchestert 8 ,ACh C . . Chubb, Portsea, Southampton, at Messrs. Minchidi ''''- Gosport, at 12. . the i n soff E. Ashton, Athilr, Somerset, - at the George 1021, '- at 11. 11 sot* T. Chandler, 13edtninster, Somers e t, a t th e Corotne.L— Bristol, at L SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET. tA . 010 WIDN£ADAY, MAY LO.—At this d a y's market, whw.-thitla well supplied, and as numerously attended by buyer* 11 bro k last week, each kind of m ea t experienced a moderli4 trade, at' the following prices per stone •of Slhs., t o 51 1.11 1 1.; offals.—Beefarom 80. bib- to as. ; Mixtton,-88; 10d. t? Rd. to Lamb, 6e. to 6s: Sd. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; Pork , * * ,,thrO e. ss. 2d. The above quotations are precisely, the sa ifte hL but 1 08 of this day se'fini g ht:. S ome Beasts, Sheep, and b un n "" a great number, left the market unsold. STRYIVING. MARKET. A . * SD : Mom:ILT, Afar B..—Beef produced from 4s. to .•-• _ A ; bi• 4s. '6d. to 53. 4d. ' • Lamb, 6s, to 6 , 6 d. ; and Ve`7,fie, ss. 6d. per stone.. A moderate s3pply, and, A d Ulli ,4 b 11 Ty ESD AY, ARUNDEL MARKET. ----- got tou, 4*. 6d. to s*. 2d.. ; a nd L ou th, ss. B d . to 6s, 4J. Pe! Au average time of yea.-. supply, and a rather ['lva,' tr ............ _2! ) - e >' -' A , y CHICHESTER MARKET. Vi le : WZIINESDA I', 111.ky 10.—The price* varied b ut s cept ill " MAY 9 . --- Beef , from . 4s. 4d. to 49. I°4' ;,,, got' if any thing, f rom th ose o f A run d e l m a rket, with the 1 4 , ' fa; of the half famished Calve* that mane from the we st c°un'tt' ,,.. which the owners were glad to obtain any price. MARRIED. . . t he ne l ; Yesterday, at St. Georgt's, Ilanover.square, 11, h i te:', l f C l . l l;e: i m , ‘ e lr t n o a t Y - I t l , r a !o ( t 7 n t h r:t e . 1:1 1 e Dormer, a l ; r e e ' t l h i , o D D t e ' . ;l: i r i o ie n i .s l i e t s ‘ T l4 (, :i a i l F z i l i 3 ge , '' vt q l i .t ; e i or g f t ei l , i ii, n e f . B C o : ! tr t ea lt n i t : e / r,,,, ° . , .:- , f ro f t 0 1 .be i r : , land, Esq. of li'luititiotough, V,,rkshire, non of the latc e-' Strickland, Ban. of iloynton, in the. ;atm County. the n g' On Wednutlav bud, at St. .James, Colchester, bY.. toot ( ' James 'Ware, Mr. Geuri.; to ItEry Anne, eldot daughter of the Rtv. John 1 4011 ' 0 , ) ocrioi ll A " t ' 'r: former place. On the 11th" ioter.', at tbs. , New Church, St. l it , efe.., Budgen l'eak ,, , Etq. of th Middle Temple, West sovephie, Sergeant Peak e, t;, .‘.l isei Warittg, of the t.irove.boJlte_....------ On Gre ct if -------- the 10th inst., at • rl.or Parsonage,' JOl , 13 ;1)u 0 ell ' D.1%14).., the 73d year of her age, Mary, relict of the late 11 Esq, OY' .At her residence. King-street. Covent -garden. 011 , : t w itlt n ` the oth hist., in the 70th year of her ao, Eliza ilari e J'Fiele" ot`Alr. John Harley. many years of St. Alartin'a-in.thr. Aidit, and mother to Mr.iliarley, of the Theatre Royal, 11 ' 11 Y Mated ands Y st- the S s g. °rt lc* z 112, StrAnd.